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Descriptions

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Brain Dump is a note-taking app that opens straight to a blank page, so you can capture a thought first and organize it later.

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Brain Dump is a zero-friction note-taking app for iPhone, iPad, Mac and any browser. It opens on a blank note, so there is nothing to set up or decide before you write. Organize later, with folders, tags, reminders and optional AI tools to search, summarize and transform your notes.

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Most note apps ask you to decide where a thought belongs before you can write it down. Brain Dump is built around a different order: capture first, organize after. Open the app and start typing, with no setup, no menus and no decisions at the moment of capture. Freewrite lets you write without a title or folder and file everything in one go afterwards. Once the notes are down, the optional Focus plan adds AI to ask questions across everything you have written, rewrite and translate notes, and generate to-dos, summaries and emails. Brain Dump is made for how ADHD minds and busy, idea-driven people actually think, and it is built and maintained by one independent developer, Francesco Leoni.

Key facts

Product: Brain Dump, note-taking and quick-capture app
Founder: Francesco Leoni, independent developer
Native apps: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Vision Pro and Windows
Web app: Any browser, installable as a PWA, so it also works on Android and Windows
Languages: English, German, French, Italian, Hindi, Simplified Chinese
Pricing: Free. Optional Focus plan and a one-time lifetime plan
Sync: iCloud, or a free Brain Dump account
Users: 10,000+
App Store rating: 4.8/5 (214 ratings)

Please do not describe Brain Dump as a medical or treatment tool. It is a note-taking app that many people with ADHD find fits how they think.

What it does

Opens on a blank note, or your last note, instantly
Freewrite: write first, file everything later
Folders, tags, pinned notes, checklists and full-text search
Merge several notes into one
Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Control Center, Siri and Shortcuts
Mac menu bar app and share sheet on iOS and Mac
Time and location reminders
AI tools: ask your notes, rewrite, translate, generate to-dos and summaries
Untangle folder: AI suggests subfolders, misplaced notes and duplicates to merge, and you approve every move
Import from Apple Notes and Evernote; export to Markdown, Word, HTML, RTF and text
Share a note or folder with a link

Who built it

Brain Dump is built by Francesco Leoni, an independent iOS developer with more than 6 years of experience building apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. He designs, builds and supports the app on his own, using AI tools throughout development.